Neumünster, Germany

Puigdemont freed: The former Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont (pictured), has been freed on bail from prison in the German town of Neumünster. A German state court ruled that he cannot be extradited to Spain for trial on “rebellion” charges, since there was no “evidence of violence” – a necessary condition for the equivalent charge in German law. He could still face extradition on the less serious charge of misusing public funds (by holding Catalonia’s independence referendum). However, Germany’s justice minister has noted that proving that charge “won’t be easy”. Some Spanish politicians expressed fury at the failure to extradite him, but PM Mariano Rajoy said his government respected the decision.